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35 I myself have seen wicked powerful people,
    exalting themselves like a stately cedar.[a]
36 But when I[b] came back, they were gone!
    I looked all over for them,
    but they couldn’t be found!

37 Observe those who have integrity
    and watch those whose heart is right
    because the future belongs to persons of peace.

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  1. Psalm 37:35 LXX
  2. Psalm 37:36 LXX, Syr, Vulg

35 I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
    flourishing(A) like a luxuriant native tree,
36 but he soon passed away and was no more;
    though I looked for him, he could not be found.(B)

37 Consider the blameless,(C) observe the upright;(D)
    a future awaits those who seek peace.[a](E)

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  1. Psalm 37:37 Or upright; / those who seek peace will have posterity